da Vinci 3D Printer Coming to US in February - $499

Apparently a Taiwanese company which makes this 3D Printer plans to bring it to the US in February and Europe in March and it will sell for only $499.

They hope to sell 100,000 of these globally next year.

http://img1.cna.com.tw/Eng/WebEngPho...70021t0001.jpg

There is very little information on this printer as of yet. The only things that anyone knows about it are as follows:

• It comes in yellow or orange
• There are 15 colors of ABS plastic available
• It weighs 22kg and is 46.8 x 51.0 x 55.8 cm in size

It should be interesting to see how it compares to other 3D printers currently available, that cost twice as much money.

Looks very solid, the build platform a little small perhaps tho, but it is only $499, thats not a bad price point, but I think we'll see a big drop next year.

Yeah, that's what my thoughts were. I'd like to see this thing in action before I decide if it's worth forking over $500. From the details though, it seems like a decent printer at a decent price.

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Originally Posted by Geoff

Looks very solid, the build platform a little small perhaps tho, but it is only $499, thats not a bad price point, but I think we'll see a big drop next year.

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You think this printer will fall in price even more?

From what I have been reading, this DaVinci printer really stole the show at CES. It's priced at only $499 and is really almost just as good as the other at home printers on the market. It's very easy to setup and safe as well. The 2.0 version can print in 2 different colors.

Here is a video demonstration at CES
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=la7VeSw2eVc

It looked nice, and it printed on par with other filament printers. If I recall, it takes proprietary filament cartridges, but other than that it looks like a good printer and an excellent gateway model - especially at that price.

Actually, it was one of the very few of 3D Printers which were printing live, so kudos to them for having the moxie to do so. Maybe half a dozen vendors were actually printing live, maybe fewer. But most folks had nice, shiny booths!

Everything I have heard since CES says that this was the show stopper. Not only is it affordable, but the print quality is comparable to 3D Printers which cost 5 times the amount.

Prices are coming down so fast. Just imagine next year's CES. We will probably have quality metal sintering printers for under $500. Does anyone here have a Da Vinci?

The 2.1 looks like the winner for me? Wireless integration, dual heads, user touchpad. I wonder how the costs of their filament cartridges compares with others. My friend has a Mojo but hates to use it because of the high cost of the print materials so it sits around unless he has a paying job to print.

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proprietary filament cartridges

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What does this mean? Does that mean you need to buy your filament through them?

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proprietary filament cartridges

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What does this mean? Does that mean you need to buy your filament through them?

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http://www.xyzprinting.com/en/filament

Yes, it is pre-loaded into a cartridge that you just drop into the printer, put the filament through a drive and close the door. While the price per cartridge does not look too bad, it only has 600 grams per cartridge. Those of us who print a lot know that means a lot of cartridges.

Well, they seem to have been off a month originally. News just broke that this printer is headed to the US via amazon preorder:
http://3dprint.com/1645/da-vinci-1-0...united-states/

Americans have been waiting for the da vinci for a while. The Amazon pre-order page can be found here:
http://www.amazon.com/XYZprinting-Da.../dp/B00H7VEU0G

Although it uses "proprietary" cartridges, it is just 1.75mm filament. I don't see what is to stop you from using any spool on the outside and feeding it into the machine.

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Originally Posted by JohnA136

The 2.1 looks like the winner for me? Wireless integration, dual heads, user touchpad. I wonder how the costs of their filament cartridges compares with others. My friend has a Mojo but hates to use it because of the high cost of the print materials so it sits around unless he has a paying job to print.

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I got to see the da Vinci 1.0, 2.0 and 2.1 this week at the Inside 3D Printing Conference. I must say, I have walked away, quite impressed. For the price, the quality of prints are really good. Also the printer just looks nice, and seems like something that would look great on a desktop. Here are some photos that we took.

https://fbcdn-sphotos-c-a.akamaihd.n...74164765_n.jpg
A print done on the da Vince 2.0/2.1

https://scontent-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hpho...60361846_n.jpg
The da Vinci 2.1 3D Printer

https://scontent-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hpho...87957412_n.jpg
The da Vinci 2.1 LCD Screen

https://scontent-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hpho...83787221_n.jpg
The da Vinci 1.0

https://scontent-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hpho...24793254_n.jpg
Some prints done on the da Vinci 1.0

http://shrani.si/f/3z/lz/3r0xS931/filament.jpg

http://www.xyzprinting.com/en/filament

C'mon guys it's not 600g but only 300g. So price per kilo is $93.

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C'mon guys it's not 600g but only 300g. So price per kilo is $93.

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Thats incorrect. The printer cartridges are 600g. The printer does ship with a 300g test cartridge though.

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Originally Posted by Turbo442

Thats incorrect. The printer cartridges are 600g. The printer does ship with a 300g test cartridge though.

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I think 600g is the weight of the cartdrige, 300g the amount of filament inside; it makes sense since I think it would be very difficult to squeeze 600g worth of filament in a cartdrige of that size.

Having said that, I'd need a lobotomy before I buy a printer (2D or 3D) that uses cartdriges ever again.

Because there is so much confusion about how much filament is in a cartridge I contacted xyzprinting. Their response:

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Hi Alex,

The free filament shipping with the printer is 300g.
The regular filament cartridge is $28/600g.


Regards,

Vinson
XYZprinting

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Hope that clears things up for you guys.

I now have an XYZprinting Da Vinci printer and the quality of the printer is good but the software is appalling. Their latest firmware upgrade made the print quality go from bad to unuseable. If you get one get ready to throw away a lot of plastic. The printer in its current form and firmware is absolutely useless unless you are a hacker and then it is just bad. Their slicer is the worst piece of software in the 3D universe. Look at youtube and see what some guys have to do to get even a so so print out of it. The people that like it have very little experience with 3D printers I suspect.

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Originally Posted by Jeeplvr

I now have an XYZprinting Da Vinci printer and the quality of the printer is good but the software is appalling. Their latest firmware upgrade made the print quality go from bad to unuseable. If you get one get ready to throw away a lot of plastic. The printer in its current form and firmware is absolutely useless unless you are a hacker and then it is just bad. Their slicer is the worst piece of software in the 3D universe. Look at youtube and see what some guys have to do to get even a so so print out of it. The people that like it have very little experience with 3D printers I suspect.

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Might be worth swapping out the electronics (board) with one that's open source... kills many birds with one stone. I wouldn't think it would be too difficult, may need to replace the LCD as well, so for about $100 it'd raise its potential quite a bit.

I personally couldn't buy a 3d printer that restricts filament use, especially when it is so much more expensive. You are so limited in colors and materials. This would just piss me off.